Question

The fine you must pay for hunting without a license went from $65 to $78. What percent of increase is this? Show your work.

Answer 1

20%

Explanation:

65 and 78 are both multiples of 13. Divide both by 13, we get 5 and 6.

If we use 5 as our main value (100%), 6 would be 120% as adding 1 to the main number (5) increases it by 20%. So 6 is a 20% increase from 5.

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